McKenry has an option left so they could resign him then send him to AAA and have him around in case of injuries. Jones probably only comes back this year if the Pirates can't find a better option at 1B.

Rocco wrote:McKenry has an option left so they could resign him then send him to AAA and have him around in case of injuries. Jones probably only comes back this year if the Pirates can't find a better option at 1B.

I'd rather them just roll the dice full time with Gaby Sanchez then have Jones on this team again.

Rocco wrote:McKenry has an option left so they could resign him then send him to AAA and have him around in case of injuries. Jones probably only comes back this year if the Pirates can't find a better option at 1B.

I'd rather them just roll the dice full time with Gaby Sanchez then have Jones on this team again.

Rocco wrote:McKenry has an option left so they could resign him then send him to AAA and have him around in case of injuries. Jones probably only comes back this year if the Pirates can't find a better option at 1B.

I'd rather them just roll the dice full time with Gaby Sanchez then have Jones on this team again.

Rocco wrote:McKenry has an option left so they could resign him then send him to AAA and have him around in case of injuries. Jones probably only comes back this year if the Pirates can't find a better option at 1B.

I'd rather them just roll the dice full time with Gaby Sanchez then have Jones on this team again.

At this point it's pretty well established that Sanchez can't do much against RHP, but is useful against lefties. If the Pirates can find a 1B without platoon splits then Sanchez will be gone. Otherwise there are worse ways to go than having Sanchez around as half of a platoon.

Morales has been an above average player exactly once in his career, back in 2009, when he was 26 years old. Since then, he’s broken his leg, spent a season and a half on the disabled list, lost his ability to play the field on a regular basis, and has gotten even slower, to the point that he’s now perhaps the very worst baserunner in the game. And he’s not even that great of a hitter.

Despite a skillset that has more weaknesses than strengths, the Mariners still made Morales a qualifying offer, signifying both that they want him back and that they believe Scott Boras won’t take a one year deal. Boras is very good at extracting dollars from teams, so he probably won’t end up taking the qualifying offer for Morales, but giving up a draft pick for the right to overpay Morales on a mutli-year deal seems like a trap in the making. There are hitters who can produce enough value solely at the plate to outweigh the fact that they don’t do anything else to help you win, but Morales isn’t that kind of hitter. Odds are pretty good that the Mariners end up bidding against themselves, but still manage to re-sign a mediocre one dimensional player anyway.

Mr. Colby wrote:•Neil Walker - $4.8MM - YES BUT ONLY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS

And because he's actually pretty good at his job. He had the 2nd highest WAR among NL 2B. Ideally the Pirates would find a way to keep him out of the lineup against lefties.

Travis Snider - $1.4MM - YES

You'd begrudgingly keep Walker but have no reservations about keeping Snider around?

•Michael McKenry - $900K - NO BUT I'D CONSIDER SIGNING HIM TO A MINOR LEAGUE DEAL

He has an option left. You aren't saving that much money trying to let him walk and sign him to a minor league deal.

Walker - agreed, i just don't like himSnider - re: Walker = apples to oranges, and at a low cost i'd like to give him one more shot. Had a nice April and has toolsMcKenry - if they think it's worth the extra 400k or so to keep a journeyman around because he knows the pitching then go for it